Balkanethnoexp. Part VII. BulgariaMap
June Bulgaria is now Europe. ![]() Put on tire chains in the winter. ![]() Tunnel. ![]() Bus. ![]() No entry for horse-drawn or freight vehicles. ![]() Black spot: a dangerous part of the road (like in Bosnia and Herzegovina). ![]() A sign indicating that a vignette is required for this part of the highway. ![]() A vignette is a kind of road tax sticker. You buy it at a gas station and stick it on your windshield. ![]() Gas station. ![]() SofiaMapApparently, people here know Philipp Kirkorov, the Bulgarian-born Russian pop singer. I was convinced that he was a product made for export only. ![]() The dumpsters have been equipped with retroreflective stickers on their corners to make them visible at night. ![]() Bus stops are outfitted with curved pipes holding bus schedules. ![]() A police booth of the type commonly referred to as a “glass” (the exact same model was used in the USSR), which has been covered with modern exterior paneling. ![]() New street signs in the capital. ![]() PlovdivMapThe traditional Bulgarian phone booths can be seen in pairs here, and one is longer than the other. ![]() The new payphone booths stand one by one. In the modern world, of course, a public phone is just an excuse to obtain a spot by the road, what’s really being sold is advertising space on the booth’s walls. ![]() An old utility pole. ![]() A pretty sign indicating the distance to the nearest manhole. ![]() An old street sign. ![]() A new street sign. ![]() A trash can. ![]() A hydrant. ![]() Vehicle traffic lights. ![]() Pedestrian traffic lights. ![]() A greengrocer. ![]() A sex shop. ![]() But Plovdiv’s main attraction is its trash dumpsters, which look like tall buckets and are found in groups of five or six at a time. ![]() Veliko TarnovoMapA very beautiful city, but a lethargic and sleepy one. ![]() The kiosks are closed. ![]() The street cleaner stands around reading her texts. ![]() A handful of young people hang out under a monument whose grandeur is incommensurate with the stillness and emptiness of the city. ![]() A Bulgarian robot. ![]() Obituaries. ![]() A little girl shows off her cat. ![]() Recycling. ![]() Every building has a piece of yellow pipe sticking out of the ground in front of it. Some kind of gas vent. ![]() We ride onward. ![]() |
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